She also told the court that what happened has affected her relationship with her husband, who she has had to tell not to kiss her in a certain way because it brings back difficult memories.

She said: "It makes me get really upset and frazzled. It's just this thing I have left over from what happened to me with Mr Harris."

9:17 am

A second witness yesterday said she had been assaulted by Harris when working as a 16-year-old waitress in New Zealand.

The woman broke down in the witness box as she told how she danced with Harris, but then saw "the dark side of a man who I thought could be trusted", as she he put his hand on her bottom before sliding it up her dress between her legs.

She later told her mum that Harris was a "disgusting, vile, repulsive man".

9:50 am

Yesterday's last witness said she met Harris as an 18-year-old while on holiday in Malta in 1970.

She said the entertainer had helped direct her to a doctor after her boyfriend cut his toe, leading her to go back to a bar to thank him.

They began talking about her ambition to go to art college, and he invited her to see some of his art.

Ms Lee told the court her ex-boyfriend encouraged her to sell her story about Harris' alleged attack - but said cashing in on the abuse was a "huge mistake".

She told jurors she finally plucked up the courage to tell police about the abuse last May after seeing a report in the Daily Telegraph which revealed Harris was being questioned by police on sex abuse allegations.

But she claimed she was quickly overwhelmed with the press and was encouraged by her then boyfriend, Fian McDaid, to enlist the help of Max Markson, a famous Australian celebrity publicist.

The mother-of-three eventually agreed to sell her story about the alleged abuse for 60,000 Australian dollars (£33,000) to a magazine and TV show - but claims she has only received 28,000 dollars (£15,400) herself.

Asked by Sasha Wass QC, prosecuting, whose idea it was to sell her story, she said: "Fian. Fian and Max."